Sugar Ray Leonard is as interested in the Hassan N’dam N’Jikam-Curtis Stevens middleweight matchup as most hardcore fans. The contenders fight tonight in a 12-round IBF eliminator in Santa Monica, Calif. It will be broadcast live on ESPN2, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT.

Fans continue their feedback on Gennady Golovkin (and who he might fight), plus share their thoughts on James Kirkland, counter punchers and the heavyweight division, among other subjects, in this week’s Friday mailbag.

Keith Thurman: “You can doubt me as much as you want, but you are going to watch me throughout my career climb that ladder and reach the destination that I foresaw, and the one that I told you about, and that’s Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather.”

There are some who have already asked Manny Pacquiao to retire and others who would do so if he loses to Brandon Rios on Nov. 23. Sugar Ray Leonard and George Foreman talk about how hard the decision to hang up the gloves can be.

Tim Bradley said his managerial and promotional stablemate, Brandon Rios, must “get close and stay close” in his fight with Manny Pacquiao, whom he, nevertheless, believes will stop Rios inside of eight rounds. .

Sugar Ray Leonard said Manny Pacquiao is still physically capable of coming back against Brandon Rios, but the big question is the former titleholder’s state of mind following his knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez.

Fans ask Dougie’s opinion on fights that are made (Froch-Groves), fights that could be made (Brook-Khan, Matthysse-Provodnikov) and, of course, a bunch of mythical matchups (including Tyson-Bowe, Duran-Chavez, Pryor vs. the Fab Four). Enjoy!

Fans are still buzzing about Gennady Golovkin and the undefeated WBA middleweight titleholder’s future. Dougie is asked to give his thoughts on a number of matchups (potential and mythical) for Golovkin as well as other fan friendly fights in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

Donny Lalonde discusses his fateful catchweight bout with Sugar Ray Leonard in 1988 and how weight issues figured into the outcome, and offers his thoughts on the practice of inventing new weight limits for fights today.

Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin claims that he will handle unbeaten WBA titleholder Gennady Golovkin in similar fashion to how Bernard Hopkins knocked out then-undefeated Felix Trinindad in the 12th round.